The Quarterly Review, Volume 226John Murray, 1916 |
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Page 196
... armed enemy merchantmen as war vessels , and torpedo them without warning . In the discussion of these questions there were singularly few expressions of sympathy with the Allies ; and , as was obvious in the discussions and divisions ...
... armed enemy merchantmen as war vessels , and torpedo them without warning . In the discussion of these questions there were singularly few expressions of sympathy with the Allies ; and , as was obvious in the discussions and divisions ...
Page 198
... armed merchant ships , for the prohibition of war - loans in the United States , against the British blockade , and ... merchantmen shall not be armed , made speeches which , while not openly conflicting with the President's desire for ...
... armed merchant ships , for the prohibition of war - loans in the United States , against the British blockade , and ... merchantmen shall not be armed , made speeches which , while not openly conflicting with the President's desire for ...
Page 207
... war going to her ( applause ) ' ( ' Cong . Rec . ' , vol . liii , p . 944 ) . A pronouncedly pro - German note was struck in these debates on the blockade on Jan. 25 , when ... armed enemy merchantmen as belligerents CONGRESS AND THE WAR 207.
... war going to her ( applause ) ' ( ' Cong . Rec . ' , vol . liii , p . 944 ) . A pronouncedly pro - German note was struck in these debates on the blockade on Jan. 25 , when ... armed enemy merchantmen as belligerents CONGRESS AND THE WAR 207.
Page 208
her intention to treat all armed enemy merchantmen as belligerents , liable to attack by submarines without warn- ing . There had been some discussion in both Houses before Feb. 10 on the question of armed merchantmen ; and bills had ...
her intention to treat all armed enemy merchantmen as belligerents , liable to attack by submarines without warn- ing . There had been some discussion in both Houses before Feb. 10 on the question of armed merchantmen ; and bills had ...
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... armed merchantmen which have recently been so much talked about in order that there may be afforded an immediate opportunity for full public discussion and action upon them , and that all doubts and conjectures may be swept away , and ...
... armed merchantmen which have recently been so much talked about in order that there may be afforded an immediate opportunity for full public discussion and action upon them , and that all doubts and conjectures may be swept away , and ...
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Page 130 - eyes to England's faults, about which his Sonnets use harder words than they ever use about her enemy: ' Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry; and these we adore; Plain living and high thinking are no more; The homely beauty of the good old cause Is gone; our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household lawn.
Page 124 - fiery heart' and 'tumultuous harmony' to prefer the stockdove's song, ' Slow to begin and never ending ; Of serious faith and inward glee; That was the song—the song for me !' yet the ' glee' remained, if now more inward than outward ; and so did the poet's faith in the heart of man
Page 128 - There ! that dusky spot Beneath thee, that is England; there she lies. Blessings be on you both! One hope, one lot, One life, one glory! I with many a fear For my dear Country, many heartfelt sighs, Among men who do not love her, linger here.
Page 131 - For dearly must we prize thee ; we who find In thee a bulwark of the cause of men; And I by my affection was beguiled: What wonder if a Poet now and then, Among the many movements of his mind, Felt for thee as a lover or a child
Page 131 - the cause of men; And I by my affection was beguiled: What wonder if a Poet now and then, Among the many movements of his mind, Felt for thee as a lover or a child 1
Page 402 - 1 grow old. ... I grow old . . . I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled. Shall I part my hair behind ? Do I dare to eat a
Page 131 - art Verily, in the bottom of my heart, Of those unnlial fears I am ashamed. For dearly must we prize thee ; we who find In thee a bulwark of the cause of men; And I by my affection was beguiled: What wonder if a Poet now and then, Among the many movements of his mind, Felt for thee as a lover or a child
Page 402 - I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me.' Here, surely, is the reduction to absurdity of that
Page 392 - you as she sent you, long ago, South to desert, east to ocean, west to snow, West of these out to seas colder than the Hebrides 1 must go Where the fleet of stars is anchored, and the young Star-captains glow.' Such melody and such imagery as this are in the true
Page 476 - digestive medicament had but little pain, and their wounds without inflammation or swelling, having rested fairly well that night; the others, to whom the boiling oil was used, I found feverish, with great pain and swelling about the edges of their wounds. Then I resolved never more to burn thus cruelly poor men with gunshot wounds.